23/12/12 - More new B9TL/Wrightbus are 2372 (LFZ 9372 -
Newtownabbey), 2373/7 (GVS) and 2379 (Short Strand), all
entering service on the 19th.

16/12/12 - B7TL 2884 has moved from Newtownabbey - Falls,
and 2923/4 from Newtownabbey to Short Strand. Ultra's
2705/8/11/27/9/45 have all gone to Hamill, Ahoghill for
scrap.

11/12/12 - Volvo B9TLs 2369/70/1 (LFZ 9369-71) are now in
use from Newtownabbey depot.

04/12/12 - the final B7RLE of the present batch, 930 (KFZ
9930) entered service at Falls on 3rd December. Ultras
2715/7/20 have gone to Hamill for scrap.

02/12/12 - the 14 B9TL/Wrightbus on order will take
fleetnumbers 2369-2382 (LFZ 9369-9382). Delivery of all 14
sould be during December and allocations should be
Newtownabbey (2369-72), GVS (2373-5), Falls (2376-8) and
Short Strand (2379-82).

25/11/12 - B10Ms 1533/4 have been sold to Marbill, Beith
for further service.

11/11/12 - Recently arrived B10M
1650 has gone to Reserve, whilst sister 1645 has returned to
Ulsterbus. Scania 781 has moved from GVS to the Driving
School, B10BLE 2762 from Falls to GVS, whilst 4 loan arrivals
from Ulsterbus are B10BLEs 2765 (Short Strand), 2768 (Falls),
2785 (Newtownabbey) and 2820 (GVS). The end of October also
saw the demise of the final Ultra in the fleet, this being
GVS based 2743. Volvos 2888/90/912/28 have all been fitted
with wig-wag lights.

04/11/12 - Volvos 2972 and 2897
have received unusual fully illuminated adverts in the
offside T-frames.

21/10/12 - B7RLE 925 entered
service at Falls on 2nd October. Scania
731 has moved from Falls to GVS, whilst an unusual arrival
from Ulsterbus is short B10M/Caetano 2511.

10/10/12 - 3 more B7RLEs entered service on 1st October, these being
927/8/9 (KFZ 9927 etc, all at Falls). Short Strand based B10M
1534 was moved to Reserve at the end of September, along with
Ultras 2705 (Short Strand), 2711/2/39/50 (GVS) and
2717/8/21/34 (Falls). This leaves GVS based 2743 as the final
Ultra left in the fleet. B10BLE 2801 has moved from Falls to
Short Strand.

18/09/12 - B7RLEs 907/19 entered service at GVS on 7/9; 920 (GVS -
11/9), 921 (GVS - 14/9); 922/3 (Falls - 14/9) and 924/6
(Falls - 20/9). Other arrivals are 3 more B10M/Plaxton from
Ulsterbus, with 1645/9/50 going to Short Strand. Scanias
701/2 have moved from Falls to Short Strand with similar
788/9 returning to Ulsterbus GVS. Ultras 2701/3/9/10 have
gone to Hamill for scrap. 14 more B9/Wrightbus are on order
for delivery in Spring 2013.

18/09/12 - B7RLEs 907/19-21 have entered service at Great Victoria
Street and 922/3 at Falls Park.

15/09/12 - 2208 will be the third
Vodaphone advert and should be ready early next week.

14/09/12 - Volvo B9 2205 is the
second to carry an overall advert for Vodaphone. The third
should be a Falls or GVS based bus. B7RLE's 907/19/20 are now
delivered.

29/08/12 - Seemingly the DVA has
decided to retain the booked registration number for 911/22
(KFZ 9911/22), so these pair will now carry LFZ 2911/22.
Volvo B7 2978 has been painted blue at Duncrue Street, and is
the first of a number to go to Ulsterbus for the start of the
new school term.

26/08/12 - Ultra 2720 has been
withdrawn after suffering an engine failure. A few Ultra's
may survive beyond the end of the month, pending delivery of
new buses.

15/08/12 - Solo 1831 returned to
use at Short Strand on 10th July, whilst Ulsterbus Scania
L94's 705/6/88/9 were loaned to Metro from the start of
August based at GVS (705/6) and Short Strand (788/9). Ultra
2727 (Falls) was withdrawn at the end of July with accident
damage, whilst 2708/45 (Short Strand), 2731/2 (GVS) are now
in Reserve; it seems that the end of August will see the
remainder of these taken out of use. With substantial numbers
of new buses available from September the 6 Mercedes O.405's
should also leave the Metro fleet and transfer to Ulsterbus.
2714 has been sold to Hamill for scrap. One service change
coming up at the start of September is the splitting of core
service 4A, with a new 4B route serving Coopers Mill at
Dundonald twice an hour, rather then Ballybeen. The existing
4B journeys to the Ulster Hospital are renumbered 4C.

10/07/12 - The list of Metro Volvo
B9's making the trip to the UK is as follows:

On hire to
FirstGroup: 2339/40/44/9/50/1/2
On hire for LOCOG contract: 2335-8/41/2/3/5/6/7/8/53/4

05/07/12 - Despite the school
holidays Metro still seems to be perpetually short of buses,
with no less then 4 blue vehicles on core route 1 today
(B9TLs 2221/31 and Scanias 493/2477). 493 is hardly a
suitable bus for urban operation. Mercedes artics 3100/2 were
returned to use on 22nd June at Short Strand to help out with
the events transport at the end of the month. Tiger 1476 has
returned from Ulsterbus Coleraine and is now back in Reserve,
as is Ultra 2729, previously at Falls. Only 4 buses were
detaxed for the school holidays, these being Solos 1829-31
and surprisingly Park and Ride branded 1849. A shuffle round
of buses at the start of July saw Scanias 792/3 move from
Newtownabbey to Short Strand, Ultras 2705 (GVS - Short
Strand), 2717 (GVS Active Reserve - Falls), 2718 (GVS -
Falls); B9TLs 2208/9 (Falls - Short Strand); B7TLs 2921/2
(Newtownabbey - Short Strand) and 2948-50 (Falls - GVS).
Tigers 1474/7 were sold to Dodds, Troon during June.

01/07/12 - The first examples of
both the B7RLE and the B9TL's on order are now complete. The
Gemini's will feature a slightly revised livery compared to
their older sisters, featuring greater areas of magenta.

27/06/12 - The 14 Volvo
B9/Wrightbus on order will be fleetnumbers 2355-2368 (KFZ
9355-68) and the 30 B7RLE/Wrightbus take numbers 901-930 (KFZ
9901-30). Translink has also been allocated £5.8 million of
government money to purchase a further 42 new buses, although
which type and for which company is not yet known.

26/06/12 - B10BLE 2801 has been
fitted with a set a wig-wag lights, although this seems to
have been at the expense of an operational destination
display. Volvo B7 2898 is to receive an overall advert for
'Digital TV switchover'.

24/05/12 - Ultra 2716 has gone to
Hamill for scrap.

16/05/12 - B9TL 2335 has lost all
fleetnames, branding and numbers, whilst 2338 has lost it's
swoops. Presumably this is the start of 'anonymising'
vehicles for use at the Olympic Games this summer. B7 2882
has now lost it's overall advert for the Northern Ireland
Fire Service and is back in fleet livery.

09/05/12 - Tiger 1476 (Reserve)
has transferred to Ulsterbus Coleraine where it has replaced
fire damaged B10BLE 2851. Another Ultra to be put in to
Reserve is Short Strand based 2714, whilst B9TL 2215 is
detaxed from GVS with accident damage.

06/03/12 - Solo 1855 (Short
Strand) was put into Reserve at the end of February,
following the cessation of little used route 76 (Carryduff -
Tesco Newtownbreda) on 27th February. Route 30A was modified
on the same date to allow for a couple of mid-day jouirneys
to run via Annadale rather then the Ormeau Road. Scania 790
has moved from Short Strand to Newtownabbey, with Solo 1869
going from GVS to Short Strand. Ultra 2706 has been sold to
Hamill for scrap.